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Chapter 42 encouragement.
11 Oct
"Don't worry, Harry, Sirius adored you from the moment you were born! He's been practically bouncing since he received confirmation that you were coming to see him." Tonks reassured her friend. Harry smiled slightly at Tonks' encouragement.
"Thanks Tonks, well let's go see my Godfather." Harry put on a grin though Tonks could tell he was nervous still.
"I brought Harry!" Tonks announced as she and Harry entered Sirius' hospital room. Harry saw the slim man with the trimmed beard and long dark hair sitting in the hospital bed. He was surrounded by other people Harry didn't know, a haggard looking man in older looking robes, a witch that bore a resemblance to Sirius himself, and finally another man that looked fairly plain with brown hair and a smile on his face. Though that smile was definitely the same one Tonks often wore, so this man was probably her father, Ted.
"Harry!" Sirius called happily as he threw his arms open wide. "Come give your Dogfather a hug!"
"Dogfather?" Harry questioned as Tonks laughed and gently pushed Harry forward.
"Ignore his terminology he never made it past Third Year maturity wise." The woman whom Harry was convinced was Tonks' mother, Andromeda, jibed at Sirius.
"Oi! I'm a man of culture and refinement, I'll have you know!" Sirius sniped back making all three adults laugh at the statement. "Hey! You're supposed to back me up at least Moony!"
"Sorry Padfoot can't help but laugh at a joke like that." 'Moony' chuckled getting Sirius to snort before laughing as well.
"Nice to meet you, Sirius." Harry smiled with the tension from earlier lifting away at the laughter in the room. He was quickly pulled into a warm hug by Sirius which he gently returned.
"Sorry it took me so long to wake up Harry, but I dragged the rat back for you." Sirius whispered quietly as he hugged his godson.
"It wasn't too bad, Sirius, you did what you needed to do; I'm sure my parents were happy about that." Harry whispered back strengthening his hug slightly before the two released each other.
"Thank you Harry, that means a lot." Sirius smiled getting Harry to smile in return. "So tell me how you've been, Harry, the last time I saw you was when you were one." With that Harry began to explain his life to Sirius, plus his visitors, until he got to his time starting at Hogwarts.
"Wait, you're in Ravenclaw?" Sirius questioned getting a nod from Harry. "Nerd!"
"Oi!" Harry called out getting a burst of laughter from everyone in the room.
"I know, right?!" Tonks laughed as she pulled Harry into a hug. "But he's my nerd! He makes me nice things!" She laughed as she held up one end of her Enchanted Scarf. Harry's red face only prompted further laughter from the adults in the room. Harry was surprised that Sirius hadn't asked about his Scouter and mentioned it.
"I've been reading back issues of the Prophet that St. Mungos keeps around. So as soon as I saw your name I read the article about your item. You want to scan me? I might not be in tip-top shape but I bet I still score higher than Remus here!" Sirius chuckled getting an amused roll of the eyes from Remus.
"Always so competitive." Remus huffed getting an agreeing nod from Andromeda.
"Sure, just a second." Harry smiled as he pulled his Scouter from his pocket. "Does everyone want one?" He asked the room getting a nod or shrug from the others. With that Harry started with Sirius who was looking like an eager child.
"You have '2714' mana right now Sirius. I don't know how much you had beforehand so I can't tell you if its' shrunk from your stay here or not." Harry informed getting a nod from Sirius.
"Remus has '6428' mana." Harry stated after scanning the other man. Remus smiled gently before Sirius spoke up.
"What? I have less than Moony! No way!" Sirius called out jokingly getting another eye roll from Remus as the man shook his head.
"Mrs. Tonks has '6558' mana." Harry announced getting a nod from the woman and a grin.
"Mr. Tonks has '6306' mana." Harry said which got Ted a nudge from Andromeda while Sirius joked about who was in control of the marriage.
"Tonks currently has '4908' mana, you've gone up again." Harry commented getting a satisfied nod from Tonks.
"Looks like Nymphadora is going to catch up to you soon Andy!" Sirius chortled only to get an enraged Tonks with red hair and eyes yelling at him.
"Don't call me that!" Tonks growled at Sirius who only held his hands up in defense while chuckling.
"Nymphadora? So that's what the N in your initials stands for." Harry realized since Tonks refused to tell Harry her first name and he'd only managed to find out it started with an N.
"Don't you start using that name, mister!" Tonks threatened with her right index finger pointed at Harry. He nodded quickly knowing that Tonks wouldn't hesitate to hit him with her Wandless Stinging Hex.
"Oh Nymphadora is a perfectly nice name. I don't know why you dislike it so much." Andromeda sighed while Ted rubbed her back.
"You don't have to live with it!" Tonks grumbled as she pouted and played with the end of her Enchanted Scarf.
"I think it's pretty." Harry shrugged getting a smile from Andromeda while Tonks looked at him in shock and a dusting of pink overtook her cheeks.
"You hush, Harry!" Tonks demanded as she let a weak Stinging Hex leave her finger and hit his leg.
"Oi!" Harry whined as he rubbed the weak feeling on his leg. It went away fast enough but it was still annoying. It was only afterwards that the two realized that the room had gone completely silent.
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